Renzo DowneyDecember 3, 2020
7min671
COVID-19 is the latest challenge facing the university in his more than six years at the helm.
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Renzo DowneyDecember 3, 2020
Jason DelgadoNovember 30, 2020
4min2141
The measure would take effect on July 1, 2021 if signed into law.
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 30, 2019
4min433
Gardiner was known for working across the aisle.
Jacob OglesAugust 8, 2019
5min1136
Lake County Republican wants college students able to defend themselves.
A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017
2min329
Democrats who believe that running against the Second Amendment is a road to victory in 2018 need to think again, according to a poll released Tuesday. A University of North Florida survey showed that only 42 percent of respondents support a ban on assault weapon and large-capacity ammunition sales; 52 percent of respondents oppose, including 55 […]
Scott PowersAugust 1, 2017
3min421
Following the Tampa Bay Times story questioning Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam‘s past visibility on gun rights issues, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is calling him “a recent convert” and questioning his commitments on details. “Now that people have started to catch on that Commissioner Adam Putnam’s a recent convert to the gun rights movement, […]
Jim RosicaJuly 18, 2017
6min334
Agriculture Commissioner and Republican candidate for governor Adam Putnam Tuesday said “there is absolutely a pathway” to bring back open carry and to permit what’s called “campus carry” in Florida. “We have a track record of law-abiding citizens in Florida who submit their fingerprints, undergo background checks, and lawfully exercise their Second Amendment right,” he told […]
Scott PowersMarch 1, 2017
6min247
A gun laws debate featuring staunch 2nd Amendment Republican state Rep. Scott Plakon and irrepressible “common-sense reforms” Democrat state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith boiled down Tuesday night between a demand that fundamental rights should not be abridged without compelling reasons, and expressions of perceived compelling reasons. Plakon, a Longwood Republican who sponsored House Bill 6005, […]
Scott PowersFebruary 27, 2017
2min432
State Reps. Scott Plakon and Carlos Guillermo Smith – opposite sides on most gun rights debate in Tallahassee – will headline a debate panel being sponsored Tuesday by the Young Democrats of Orange County. Plakon, a Republican from Longwood who has sponsored a guns on campus bill and supported open carry bills; and Smith, the […]
Joe HendersonNovember 22, 2016
4min271
Remember that measure some Republicans in the Legislature have tried to pass the last couple of years to allow guns on college campuses? You know, the bill the House passed last year before it died in the Senate (thank goodness). Well, it’s back. Of course, it’s back. It never really left, and it won’t leave […]